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SULTAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 311 MINUTES OF REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 27, 2003 SULTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LIBRARY 501 DATE ST, SULTAN, WA 98294 7:30 PM

Board Members Present Superintendent Present Roll Call Craig Roesler Al Robinson Sholine Glover Patty Fountain Lauri Hitchcock Tracy Cotterill

Board Members Absent Student Rep Absent David Repnik

Staff Members Present: Dale Fortenbacher, Kaarin Cargill, June Farwell, Cec Sparling, Stacy Bates

Visitors Present: Tabitha Bower, Jennifer Corcoran, Charles Van Pelt, Jake Bedker, Christina Looney, Meaghan Raney

Call to Order Chairman Craig Roesler called the regular board meeting to order at 7:35

Audience None

Tracy Cotterill made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda: Consent Agenda 7) Approval of Minutes of Sept. 22, 2003 regular board meeting, October 13, 2003 public input board meeting. 8) Approval of Certificated & Classified Personnel Report 8A) Approval of unpaid leave 9) Approval of General Fund Vouchers, 2002/2003 Accrual Vouchers Nos. 14349 through 14370 in the total amount of COTTERILL/ $111,896.50; October 2003 General Fund Vouchers Nos. 14366 FOUNTAIN through 14370 in the amount of $264,028.96: ASB 2002/2003 UNANIMOUS Accrual Vouchers Nos. 3529 through 3531 in the total amount of $567.19: October ASB Fund Vouchers Nos. 3532 through 3546 in the total amount of $4, 230.88; October Capital Projects Vouchers Nos. 2308 through 2308 in the total amount of $2,784.22; October payroll estimate in the amount of $1,070,000.00 10) Approval of the 2003-2004 Infant Toddler Program of Snohomish County 11) Approval of 2003-2004 Cooperative Agreement - Native American Education Services 12) Approval of Contracted Service ITE Integrated Technology For Education/Duane Duxbury 13) Approval of the 2003-2004 Minimum Basic Education Requirement Compliance (SPI 1497) 14) Approval of the 2003/2004 OSPI Drug/Alcohol Contract Minutes of Regular Board Meeting October 27, 2003 Page 2

15.) Approval of appointment of Attendance Officer Patty Fountain seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

Good News SULTAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Sultan Elementary has been undergoing a major technology upgrade. Every classroom has received computers that were donated by Group Health. We are looking forward to improving teacher accessibility through email and also for increased utilization of technology as a classroom instructional tool. Dave Moon, Doug Irwin, and Dave Hockenson deserve extra credit for all of their efforts in making the roll out smooth and seamless and very timely. They really worked hard in listening to what teachers wanted and provided what they could.

GOLD BAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Excel- This year’s Excel students are published on the World Wide Web. At this point each student has two examples of his/her writing and art published. Visit by going through the Gold Bar website or http://riverrun.yi.org/excel. WASL Results- our students exceeded our writing goals set for 2003. Our Learning Improvement Plans will continue to focus on reading, writing and math with special emphasis in areas below the state average. Parent Conferences were well attended. Both parents and teachers reported that the sharing was valuable and informative. Three engineers visited from Kenworth Trucks. Students toured a truck that is configured to run fuel economy tests and were encouraged to learn to read in order to read the truck operating manuals that they showed them.

SULTAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: The girls' volleyball season has ended and the all of the 7th and 8th grade teams showed much improvement from previous years. Even though they did not win very many matches, the level of skill has greatly increased. We applaud their time and effort on the court! The varsity football season just concluded last Thursday with an exciting win over Coupeville, 26-20. That win enabled the Sultan Middle School Skyhawks the outright league championship with a 5-1 record. This is the second year in a row that Sultan Middle School has been the league champion. Great job! The institution of the new Student Patrol has greatly increased the safety of Sultan Middle School students as they cross the busy intersection at 4th and High Street. It is also very popular with our student population, as five more students have just been trained to be Student Patrol members. We would like to give a special thanks to Ms. Robin Briganti, Sergeant Jeff Shelton, Mr. Scott Sifferman and all of the parents who made this possible! On Tuesday, October 28th, all eight members of the ASB Council will be attending an all day leadership conference at NWESD 189 in Anacortes. While at the conference Sultan Middle School ASB members will be able to interact and share ideas with other ASB members from many other local middle schools. We have attended this conference for the past four years and it has been a wonderful learning experience for our ASB members each time. Sultan Middle School will be holding their first dance of the year on Friday, October 31st. As expected the theme of the dance will be Halloween. Sound Factory will be providing the music and entertainment from 2:30-4:30 P.M. So everybody grab your guys and ghouls and let's party! Minutes of Regular Board Meeting October 27, 2003 Page 3

SULTAN HIGH SCHOOL: Very successful staff development with Marilyn McGuire on September 29th dealing with the issue of student motivation. Parent -Teacher Conferences were well attended. Some teachers were booked solid for both days. Everyone would like to have conferences for second semester to meet new parents. Homecoming week was a HUGE success! Lots of participation by students and staff. The homecoming dance was attended by half of the student body! Thanks to Andrea Fuller and the Leadership Class for planning many fun events. On Friday, October 24, Tabby Bower, a Sultan HS Senior, was a member of an eight-student panel who were asked questions by the State Board of Education dealing with their high school experience. The meeting took place in Edmonds. Fall Sports seasons are winding down. Look for playoff information next week for soccer. Winter Sports begin on November 18. Marching Band has participated at competitions in Wenatchee, Spokane, and Everett. We have brought home many awards from these competitions!

Director of Finance, Kaarin Cargill presented a donation of Office Supplies in Approval of COTTERILL/ Donation/ the amount of $25,117.00 to the Sultan School District from Susan Gardner GLOVER Office Supplies Broughton for the Board of Directors approval. Tracy Cotterill made a UNANIMOUS motion to approve the donation as presented. Sholine Glover seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Policy Revision No. 4215 Superintendent, Al Robinson presented revised Policy No. 4215, Use Of FOUNTAIN/ Use of Tobacco Tobacco On School Property for approval. Patty Fountain made a motion to HITCHCOCK On School adopt revised Policy No. 4215, Use of Tobacco On School Property, as UNANIMOUS Property presented. Lauri Hitchcock seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Approval of SMS Games & Strategies Director of Finance, Kaarin Cargill presented the Sultan Middle School Club Tabled Games & Strategies Club for approval. Tracy Cotterill indicated she has concerns about the type of games the students would be playing and the rating of the games. Tracy also questioned how of if the district insurance would address students bringing their own equipment to school. Approval of the Financial formation of the club was tabled.

Director of Finance, Kaarin Cargill, reviewed the financial reports for the General Fund, ASB Fund, Capital Projects Fund and Transportation Fund Executive Session October 2003. FOUNTAIN/ GLOVER

Patty Fountain moved and Sholine Glover seconded a motion to meet in Reconvene FOUNTAIN/ executive session on Personnel at 8:07 p.m. GLOVER Patty Fountain moved and Sholine Glover seconded to reconvene the regular meeting at 9:05 p.m. Minutes of Regular Board Meeting October 27, 2003 Page 4

Adjournment Being there was no further business Craig Roesler adjourned the meeting at 9:06 p.m.

Jackie Whaley Recording Secretary

Al Robinson, Superintendent Craig Roesler, Chairman